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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
KENTUcKv'S BLOODY
Two Officers Shot ana Ono Torn to Pieces
by Dogs.

Two OHiccrs Shot ana Ono Torn to Pieces
by Dogs.
Lexington, Ky, special: Yesterday
afternoon kavanaugh Upton, The lailer
of Montgomery County; Thomas How
ard. Constable, Go orye RayburA, u
special Deputy Sheriff. and two other
men went to the mountains to capture
John Shcrrell. a horsc-thef who stole a
horse from Madison County last week.
Upton heard he was at the house Of
George Pipps. on Cedar Trace Creek.
He arrived there this morning and upon
the appearance of the Iosse two fierce
dogs set up such Il loud barking that
Upton concluded he would go in and
make the arrest at once instead Of wait
ing until daylight, as he first intended.
10y the other members of the posse. He
raped and Pipps said "Come in.
who is that" he asked 1T is kava-
eering SPREE" was the reply. All
Iisht st the s''a Iampl % He M struck ek' a N match @
and Upton sat down on n chair and
asked him who that was in bed with
him.
Sherrell, who had lcen sleeping with
Pipps, ieveled his pistol on the foot
board and before Pipps could reply to
Tipton's question, shot the latter in the
center of the forehead. He fell to the
floor and died within two hours.
While the match was yet burning
Howard entered the room only to re-
ccive IA bullet in the temple from the
horse thief's pistol, and he fell dead in
his tracks. Payburn was right behind
him. and just bcfo.e the match burned
out Sherrell shot him through the right
arm and shoulder.
In the darkness he made his escape
through back door. hut Rcyburn went
out after him. only to bc caught by dogs
and almost torn to pieces. The animals
wounded him so severely that he is not
exnecf ed to live
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

money and cannot meet your bills: il
you still persist in voting an old party
ticket Hard times and plutocratic
rule 60 hand in hand.
In politics anything is right so long
as it is successful SAYS a Democratic
leader. In instruction of Democratic
delegates it would he we'll to leave out
the clause, use all honorable means, -
and say political MEANS
Politicians who have turned deaf
ear to the peoples demand for politi-
cal reform. and persist therein, will
after while learn that it is too late to
dodge the lightning after hearing the
thunder.
There is in Christen,lom $3.50. 900,
OOO. 900 of interest sucking debt pivotel
on the gold held by the Rothschilds
and the Bank of England. No wonder
that John Sherman's picture hangs in
the latter institution.
When man with good heart he
gins to think seriously upon the pres
ent condition of this country he is al
most sure to become an advocate of
third party principles. A little thought
along with goodness is what it takes to
make them.
The present banking system. owned
and controlled by individuals and cor
porations, is a gigantic scheme of rob
berry and spoilation. If the junction
of banking was assumed hy the govern
ment or people, to whom it belongs.
the people could use their own credit
at cost and know that their savings
were absolutely secure.
Workingmen are all right when it
come to swelling the ranks of torch
light procession for the old parties.
covering themselves with dust and coal
oil while yelling themselves hoarse for
their masters. But the moment that
he takes an active interest in politics,
reading, studying, thinking and acting
for himself, lie at once becomes a
! crank, socialist, anarchist, and all
round bad man.
Two carpenters were bidding on a
job. One was single, the other with a
family. Both were out of work. The
single man, having less expense, un-
derbid the other. The married man
and his family had to suffer, because
they could not live on as little as a
single man. Nobody to blame. Fact.
And this is the effect of the beautiful
system that the weli-fed, well-dressed
exploiter of labor loves. But its days
are puphared,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
A WORTHY UNDERTAKING,
Hundreds Of city Waits to I:c Ma,lc
Happy by II Trip to the Country.

hunureds Of S1ty WAITS to Isc MAdC
Happy by Trip to the Country.
The return of the heated season
brings renewed activity in all the
forms OF city charity, says n Chicago
correspondent. Not even the bitter
cold of January has SO many terrors
for the poorer classes OF the largest
cities ~, the see1hins, sultry days of
August. when swcltcr.ny nights suc-
cced TO scorchins days, and the regions
where tenement houses and novels
abound have 40 comforts fer thu race
of ran. For many Il child an many
woman these miserable su roundngs
OF sitting air and burning trick walls
bring death or suffering. AMI the only
rescue for them is short vacation in
the country. This is made possible to
them by such Il charity as the Chicago
Daily News frcsh-Air Fund. Its plans
and methods IRE simple enough. 1t
takes up deserving boys or girls of
needy families, working girls whose
thin checks and bowed shoulders tell of
fourteen and sixteen hours work every
day, spurred on inccs sanity by the
mcrcilrss instinct of sclfpreservation.
And ii kes them ont of the cruel city
putting them for fortnight in the free
country.
There are SO many pitiful cases of
. want an l misery always before the eyes
of city people that never come within
the knowlchg" of country folks. Flowers
abound out there like good air and sun
light. But it Is sad Ia witness the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
Worlds Fair Notes.

A BosToN man wants to exhibit a
skycycle. A skycycle comes under the
head of flying machines.
AN agent of the Turkish Government
is on his way to Chicago to superintend
the construction of tho Ottoman pavil-
ion and Turkish village.
A BUFFALO, n. Y, man proposes to
furnish an attraction in the shape Of a
collection of snakes. He claims to be
able to show as many as 1900 varieties.
GREAT BRITAIN, France. Germany,
and, in fact, many other foreign ma
tions are asking, and almost insisting,
that more space be granted for their ex-
hib;tS.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
CONTROL OF RAILWAYS
ADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC OWN
ERSHIP.
What Is the Remedy for tho Frescnt
Labor TrouI,IeS:- Attempts of the
l:Os>, to Blind the PcOple-Thc i'eO-
Pies Iarty the LabOrers' Iarty.
Government Iiailwayn.


At recent meeting of the Johns Hop
kins Historical Seminary in Baltimore,
Prof. Richard T. Ely read paper
upon the Railway and Social Demo
cracv in Germany and among other
excellent things he said. Il was very
much impressed during my stay in
Germany by the superior service of the
state controlled railways of that coun-
try rs compared with the careless man
aGement of our own lines.
There was scarcely an accident in
Prussia during the whole summer
while in this country nearly five times
as many passengers are injured or
killed outright. The American rail-
ways have not enough employees to in
sure safety and attention. England
las four times as many men and Ger
many even more.
"We are fully thirty years behind
" Germany i'll safety for passengers.
There are no unguarded crossing al
lowed to menace the public. Even at
the stations there is no crossing the
tracks to reach outgoing trains, as is
the case in our own union station. 10
get on the other side in Germany you
must descend flight of steps and pass
through tunnel under the track. The
stations themselves are models of beau
tiful architecture. The new one in
Frankfort cost sSOOO,OOO. When the
government intends to erect q new
station it offers prize to architects
for ornamental designs. There is a
maximum of comfort in railway travel,
rs the stations are all union stations.
which is possible since the government
controls all the lines.
Since l was in Germany tea years
ago many improvements in speed have
been made, fifty miles an hour being
the schdule time for many trains. The
express from Berlin to Hamburg made
fifty miles an hour, all stops included.
Government ownership also opens q
way for the use of the railway for
social purposes. The general opinion
is that the population is too much CEN
tralized in the large cities, and by the
cheap zone or belt railroad system.
soon to be opened in Berlin. workmen
may live in the suburbs and work in
the city without much expense.
"The government management of
the railway finances has also been a
brilliant success, surprising all expec-
tations. In Prussia alone last year,
after paying the interest and part OF
the bonded debt, there was surplus
of SO, 100000. The reduction in fares
and freights annually amount to gen
eral distribution of s25,OOO.OOO l
must also say a word for the high
quality of the freight service, which is
fully equal to the express traffic in
many parts of our country. A trunk
can be sent all over Germany fora mere
tritie, while few cents extra will in
sure it, and few cents more guaran-
tee its delivery at certain hour"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

The bosses are endeavoring to per-
petuate their power by robbery, and if
needs be by blood. The servant, the
office holder, has got bigger than his
master, the people. With LAT major
ity of Democrats in the National House
OF Representatives.. they are controlled
by Wall Street to kill the silver bill.
Wisdom cries aloud in the streets and
no man regards her. Knavery is tri-
umphant. Allidea of state or national
glory. all chivalry and pride, have
ceased. The golden calf is the god
now worsliped in this country, once
the land of the brave and the home of
the free. The single gold value stand
ard set up by Wall Street fills the
full measure Of aspiration. ITO squeeze
the wre:ched is the great end of gov
ernment; to toll and submit, the des-
tiny of the people" The men who
once owned the fields are mere tenants
at will of foreign syndicates, paying
the taxes on lands which belong to
hers and get for their toll mere pit
tance in the shape of "a living" for
themselves and families. Their ances-
trail homes have passed into hands OF
of nonresident landlords, who defray
none Of the expenses and carry none
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

free elections. But there are other
force issues involved of vital present
importance. The Republican policy
is to
Force expenditures up.
Force taxes up.
Force prices up.
Force wages down.
Force labor into subjcction.
Force the ratification of renomina-
ton of President Harrison secured by
the votes of stipendaries and merce-
naries. with view to perpetuating the
carnival of spoils, the rewarding of
rogues. the protection Of rascals and
the bulwarhing of tariff fostercd trusts
and legalized monopolies.
These are the issues which the Re
publicans have forced to the front,
and upon these they can and must be
beaten York World.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

The United States Treasury De-
partment has recently made ruling
that will very materially lessen the i'm
portation of horses to America. Here
tofore there has been no duty levied
on animals brought in for breeding
purposes, but the new ruling imposes
customs on horses that cannot trace
pedigrees to six crosses on the sire's
side and five crosses on the dams side.
This will tend to keep out stations of
short and uncertain pedigree and will
create higher prices abroad for such
horses as are eligible to entry without
duties.-San Antonio Stockman and
Farmer.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

The lockout at Homestead will once
more concentrate attention on the Ia
Dor problem. The country is threat
ened with civil war. An armed force
of "hircd assassins" attempt to force a
landing at Homestead. They are re-
sisted and repulsed. 1000 men are
locked out. This is the way American
labor Is protected. Who is to blame :?
And what is the remedy? We are
very firmly of the opinion that our pro-
tective tariff system is to blame.
Whenever special privileges are ac-
corded any class for any length of
time they regard them as vested rights,
and i'll the enjoyment of these special
or class privileges they become AFRO
CANT and intolerant. For many years
the Carnegies have enjoyed the privi-
lege, through legislation. of taxing
the people of the nation for the sup
port of their business. Carnegie has
become immensely wealthy. Much of
his wealth he has transferred to his
native land, Scotland. Our tribute
follows him there. He is ambitious
He wants to shine in two hemispheres.
He builds him mansion in Scotland,
and dotes on the beauties of our Ameri-
..as svstem. He is wonderfully patri-
otic. He urges a nigh protective tar
ii to protect American labor from
competition with the pauper labor of
Europe, then locks out the American
laborer to replace him by the despised
pauper laborer of Europe. If the
American laborer protests he hires an
alien army to shoot them down-he is
SO patriotic. He is wonderfully char
table, too! The American nation and
pecnle, have been very kind to him.
They have permitted him to accumu-
.dte the wealth they produced. His
heart is moved to charity. He donates
$4,000 to some charitable institution.
The generous act is applauded by
press and people. To emphasize it he
orders reduction in the wages of his
men of ten times the amount. Is it
any wonder organized labor says: 1t
is not charity we ask, but, WE DEMAND
JUSTICE! The remedy is to wipe out
the special privileges that has been
conferred on this class of men in the
past. Let their industry, like that of
the farmers, stand on it's merits. Car
negic has proven conclusively that
neither he or his kind, care fig for
American labor or the American la
borer. They are prepared to shoot
them down like dogs in if they stand
in their way. We predict that the
laboring men of the nation will not
tolerate such system much longer
Dakota Ruralist.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

THE New York morgue received o.
654 bodies last year. OF these 107 werc
never were identified.
In India the native BARRIERS will shave
you when asleep without awakening
you, the touch is so very light.
If cork is sunk 200 feet deep in the
ocean, it will not rise again on acca unit
of the great pressure Of the water.
The mines OF thu world produce TWEEN
ty-five tons of gold every week, but the
precious metal remains as rare as ever.
LABRADoR, a country which we al
ways associate with Arctic snowdrifts,
icebergs, ETC., has go species of flower
ing plante. 80 ferns, and over $50 species
of MOSES and lichens.
STATISTICS carefully compiled show
that within three years 5000 people have
lost their lives in We stern Pennsylva-
mia because OF weak dams constructed
in q slovenly manner
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
Tho Senate Silver Vote,

How many Democratic Senators
voted for Free Silver? Seventeen.
There were Messrs. Bate, Berry.
Blackburn, Blodgett, Butler, Coke,
Cockrell, Faulkner, George, Harris,
Hill, kenna, Mills, Morgan, Ransom,
Turpie and Vest.
How many Republicans Senators
voted for it? Eleven.
They were Messrs, Allen. Cameron,
Dubois, Jones, Mitchell. Sanders,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

The wild horses that roamed over
Europe in immense herds appear to
have furnished the chief food of early
man in Europe, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Enormous refuse heaps, consisting
mainly of the bones of wild horses,
have been found outside of the caves.
as in those at the foot Of Mount
Pellegrino, near Palermo, where the
floor is formed Of magma Of the
ZONES Of wild hoses, which were
either stalkcd with spears, driven by
the hunters into pitfalls or chased
over the cliffs.
Similar deposits have been found at
the cave of Thayngen, in Switzerland,
and in front of the rock shelter at
SOlutre. near Macon. where there is
Il vast deposit, the relics Of the feasts
of these savages. nearly ten feet in
thickness and more than three hum
dred feet in length, composed entire
ly of the bones of horses, and COM
prising the rem aims Of from twenty
to forty thoussu individuals.
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DRIFTED TO THEIR DEATH.

Two Sailors Of the Yacht Wanticrer.
Wrecked. Found on Dunlirt.
News has just been received at Eric,
Pa, that the sailing yacht Wanderer,
owned by Frank W. Bacon and W. l..
Narnum, was wrecked off Dunkirk in q
gale. A fishing tug out of Dunkirk,
while going 10 raise nets, found a
spar Of the wrecked yacht, to
which were lashed the two members of
the crew. Capt. Tom Stick was found
unconscious and taken TO Dunkirk for
medical treatment. He will probably
die. His companion. Lou Granzow,
aged 1S, was dead when found. roth
men had been dashed about on the spar
of the wrecked yacht for thirty-eight
hours when found
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

There is something wrong with a
system by which man produces some
thing and sells it for 81, and is com
PEELED to pay that dollar for something
some other man produced and sold for
80 cents.
Do not complain Of the hardships
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

of the burdens of the government.
Whole states are divided between few
great loan associations and the judges.
elected by the people, hasten to side
with the money power" and interpret
constitutions and statutes in such man
ner as to shield the usurers and to en-
able them to accumulate fortunes,
which are threatening to the safety
and happiness of the many. Croesus
is greater than Socrates. es.-Alliance
Herald
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
The Money and the Masses.

An examination of the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury for 1890
shows that what little money We have
in circulation is most of it in denomi-
nations so large that the common peo-
pie cannot get hold Of it. The follow
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
Genera, Weaver on r,nkerton,sm.

Gen. J. B. Weaver starts out we'll
on his presidential contest with the
following:
DEs MONIES, Iowa, special: Gen
eral Weaver, the nominee of the Peo-
ple' Party for President, reached Des
Moines this evening from Omaha, He
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04

Think of $6S. 100000 all i'll $4,000
notes. Who ever saw one of them?
Besides this, some $64O, 900, 600, largely
silver and fractional currency, is locked
up in the treasury, and paper bills of
81 ,OOO.OO issued in it's stead. Much
more is held ont of reach of the masses.
We have only s4O7, ,O00,O 900 in denomi-
nations of IS and under in circulation.
This is the money that is available for
the masses. Yet this includes $15,-
100000 old paper, fractional currency,
nickles, etc, not in actual circulation.
Southern Farm.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-08-04
How They Voted.

The large majority Of Democrats in
the House had II Peoples party men
and Z Republicans to help them adopt
the free coinage bill, but "a of them
voted with the Republicans to defeat it..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-20
Elevators Are Too Luxurious.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., April 2O-It is un-
derstood that Judge Holmes has succeed
ed in cutting down the sundry service ap-
preparation bill TO such n radical extent
that IL now makes no provision for the
payment Of the employees about the capi-
tol, and they will have to work gratui-
tously for the government or leave its
service. Holman recently remarked in
his committee room that IL he had his
way, no elevators would be found in gov
ernment buildings. The expense of pur-
chasing and running such luxurious ap-
pliances was nothing short OF outrageous
extravaganza. The founders OF the gov
ernment had to walk. and, i'm his opinion,
what WIS good enough for them In good
enough for the public and the com mon.
everyday statesmen who abound In thes o
Democfatic DAYS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-20

BosToN. Mass, April 20-On Monday,
April IL. Otto j. Roth. an engineer at l02
Pynchon street, went 10 his home at ~
Walden street, Roxbury, aud partook of
hearty meal of roast pork with his fam
lily, consisting of wife and four children.
Some days afterward Roth and his fam
lily were taken i'll mysteriously and the
fact that they were suffering from tri-
chinosis was not discovered until too late
TO save Roth's life and to-day he Is dead
The market from which the Roth family
obtained the fatal meat, deals in both
Eastern and Western meat, and there
fore it, cannot be ascertained whether or
not the diseased meat was home product.
Mrs. Roth and the children were serious
ly affected, but now it is claimed are out
of danger
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-20
The FARQUHAR BILL.
The New York Senate Perpetrates an
Infamy.
A RETURN TO THE DAYS OF TWEED
Tho Democratic inspectors OF Elections
Bill Passes-Another Monument Is
Erected to the Mental and Moral Inca
pacity Of the Democratic Majority.

ALBANY, April 20.-The Senate yester-
day, by parey vote of IL to 13, passed the
Farquhar bill, changing the number Of
inspectors of election in New York city
from four to three, two of whom shall be
Democrats and one Republican, appoint
ed by the Police Board on the nomination
of party organizations.
Senator Erwin said that this was the
worst bill that had ever been brought be-
fore the Senate. He said that the bill was
a design to steal the elections in New
York city. This was a return to the days
OF Tweed. The New York election law
was drawn in the Tilden administration,
which overthrow Tweed.
Senator Saxon said that he had expected
to hear some reason why the bill should
pass. Richard Croker had said that no
Democrat would oppose a law giving non
partisan boards to the whole State. Why
had not such a law been presented The
letter written by Mr.. Croker was simply
a bluff. He never intended to support the
bill.
"rhis measure" said Senator Saxon,
"caps the monument of mental and moral
incapacity which the Democratic majority
has erected to the Democratic party"
Senator Aspinwall protested vigorously
against the bill and warned the Democrats
that they would lose by 1t.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-20
PEQUOT ON FIRE.
Blazing at Her Wharf at Fox
Point.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
The Alarm Given at Four O'Clock
To-Day
THE FIRE LADDIES AT WORK.
The Fire Caught in the Forehold-she
Would Have Left at 8:3O-The Second
Alarm Given-A Towboat Sent for to
Pull Her 0pt Into the Stream.

Az a Iew minutes before o'clock this
afternoon the steamer Pequot caught fire
at her pier the Providence ana Stoning-
ton Company, at Fox Point.
An alarm from the company's private
box, 414 was rung in, and the department
responded. The fire at that time was be-
low and great volumes of smoke issued
from the steamer.
Just how the fire originated could not
be ascertained. but fears were entertained
that the damage would be heavy.
Quite crowd of people gathered and
there was a good deal of excitement in
that section of the city.
The Pequot is one of the finest and fast
est freight boats on the coast.
The fire caught in the forehold and in
supposed to have been from spontaneous
combustion. The steamer was fully
laden and would have steamed out at 6:3O
this afternoon.
A second alarm was rung in. The fire
gained rapidly and it looked as IL the fore
part OF the steamer would be destroyed.
The Providence Towboat Company was
notified to tow the steamer out into the
river as soon as the large force of men on
hand could unload her.
The tug Reliance was sent for this pur-
pose. Capt. S. II. Racket was in charge
Of the steamer.