The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-09-14
FORESTS ARE ABLAZE.
FIRE IN THE Ex-
IRENE NORTHWEST.
Death OF Hamilton Fish. Gen. Grants Sec
r..tary OF Statc-FriEh: 'ui Crash en- the
For. Wayne. Twelve Killed. Many !ur.-
prisaton i'll the south.

Told "a :. Few WORT.
Tie most destructive for,,; fire sven
known In Washington is raging N tie
Dee "nl!pa valley. ives; OF H~ui> rana.
ap ARA ii Puset sound. IN IAe nor;hw--t-
err. par; OF Tie State. Kanchers are l.ee-
! Ing DO VII the valley TO the beach. A hR!f-
I".eu rancher, left Few day, ago to pros
pect for gold in the Olympic Mountains
and the fire has cut them on and their
wives and children are IN distress A.
ready 500 acres have been burned over.
--hamilion Fish. Secretary OF It. tie in
the Cabinet OF General Grant, died on
lnursday morn!n: at his { Un,ry home 1t
| Garrison. y. y. Few men Of The century
set the seal CT their individuality SO ueep-
~ into the history and political character
OF the nation as did Hamilton Fish He
was Grants most trusted friend "! h
| Jefferson. Marcy. and Blaine he shares
the distinction OF a place in the Quartctte
OF truly great d!p!omatists aud statesmen
! who have held the portfolio OF Secretary
OF State. He has passed away full o. years.
bearing the laurels Of what was IN many
| respects an unmatched career.
| Twelve people were ground to death at
O'Clock Thursday. ami fully u score were
! injured Ia @head-ono collision ut Cole
| hour. near One Hundred and Eighth street,
| Chicago. Fort Wayne milk train. west
pound. and a Panhandle passenger train.
east bound met with terrific force
"A." The momentum OF the passenger
| train drove the baggage car and several OF
! the day coaches clear over the lighter milk
cars and the mass OF wrecka.e was as COM
| plete as "a "hcad- on" collision could make
| 1t Scarcely bit of the baggage car large
enough t. conceal "A body was left The
! force ground the tjmbers. trucks. wheels
and Journals into frag ments. and from be-
meath the pile OF wreckase came the groans
OF tie wounded.
| Mayor Fletcher. OF Jacksonville has
called Il pubic mass meeting OF the Board
OF Trade for the purpose OF assisting South
Carolina sufferers by the late hurricane.
The Relief Committee of the Colored AUX
| Hilary sanitary Association has shipped to
| Charleston for the same purpose twelve
| barrels OF Hour. $50 pounds of bacon. ten
| 'arrels OF grlts and about fifty suits OF
clothes
| Scranton, Iowa. now has the summer
snake The reptile is reported 10 be forty
feet long and ten inches in diameter. with
q head like q calf and 4 whistle which
terrorzes every one who hear, it
| An early morning fire at New York
destroyed almost an entire block of East
| Side buildings The lower floors contained
laundries and stores and the upper floors
! were rented to more than a score OF small
| clothing manufacturers. who operate small
| "sNeat shops The loss Is estimated at
| Sl53,000 and 1880 persons will be thrown
| out OF employment Motives we're los: and
no one " rs hurt as far as known.
The Buck Stove and Range Company,
| of St Louis. resumed work after Il stop
page OF several weeks Abou, $50 men arc
! given The ,heri nd
md. steel and tn plate mill. which has
been closed down for three months. re-
! sun.ed with orders enough on hand to run
all winter One hundred and fifty men
| employed and more coming Orders were
issued to put all OF the Reading colleres
on three days time. and they were shut
down for the balance OF the wee''.
| The officers of the brazilian Navy
have demanded the resignation OF Presi-
dent Peixoto The port OF Rio Janciro has
been blockaded and ali cable communion
| ton IS suspended
--Massachusetts Fopuli>ts have nomi-
| mated the following State ticket: Governor.
George II. Cary OF Lynn; Lieutenant
Governor. Joseph X. Harris Haverhill:
Secretary OF state. Isaac W. Skinner.
Waitham: Treasurer and Receiver General.
Thomas Watson Hraintree; Attorney Gem
I
Maurice w Landers. Pittsfeld
AT Minneapolis, Cashier NJ ]. Rof-
ferding. O. the Bank of Minneapolis, COM
mitted suicide by shooting. IL is supposed
that lie took his life because OF sensitive
ness over the abscon3i Gin: OF Paying Teller
Phil NJ. fcheis Saturday with SIS. 900 OF
the banks money President Kirby OF the
bank declares that Rolerd :ns's accounts
are perfectly straight
The Manchester and Sheffield en-
Railway Company EEs given notice that on
account o: the scarcity Of fuel caused by
the miners strike they have su, pended the
use OF fifty five trains. The Midland Raj
WY Company has taken off fourteen trains
Tor the same reason. Each company hal
already curta ID its train service IN con-
sequence OF the coal famine
| Troops were called out TO suppress rot
ers near Sheffield. England. and fred upon
tie mob Four persons were hurt
The NaAionai Cnn.r">s OF Trade I'M
ION .sts at Belfast declared for an eight
hour day In a series OF resolutions
Twenty thousand persons in the track
| OF the Southern STERN said to be in
danger Of starvation.
Lewis and Wade. the Choctaws cen
demned to be shot for murder. have been
res oited until November.
Near Lima Ohio. an unidentified man
was found wandering 1t Is thought he
was robbed and pushed from u train.
Matthias J. Bofferd.ng. president OF the
Minneapolis Brewery. committed suicide
by shooting himself In the head
With q three times three for the flag
and q tiger the Grand Army reunion at
Indianapolis adjourned
One pursuing deputy was badly
wounded by the Mexlcans who killed
William Walsh. Another posse has been
| sent out.
Obituary: At ORANGE. y. J.. George F.