The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-11-30
RATS IN POSSESSION.
AN ARMY OF RODENTS AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.
COIum bus, Ohio. Loses Her Finest Hotel
and Thrater-Foul Murder at kankakre
Row in Italian Cabnet-Ketirenent OF
Gen. W. &. CarIin.


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An army Of rat, Ia, taken Possession
Of the Worlds Fair buildings. and since
the closing Of the Exposition they are TO
be seen in droves in AL parts or the
grounds Where they came from Is Il n!ys-
terry to the janitOrs OF the buildings oo
judging from the vast numbers OF the am
mails they must have con-re-atcd lfobl i''
part, OF Hyde Park and Englc"God Inc
WORK. men who are daily engaged III tear
Ing down the booth, where popcorn
and lunches sold lind reSi-
ments Of the rodents huddIed under the
floors. in the walls. and IN all secluded cor
ncrs In many instances "a hail dozen or
more of the iaborers stopped work On inc
destruction OF booths. and. armed with
clubs. picks, shovcls. and stones, made an
onslaught on the rat- The administration
building. Notwithstanding the fact that
the highest dignitaries OF the Expos tloii
are quartcred there. seems 70 be Ia faforltc
habItation.
The new Henrietta Theater and The
new Chittenden Hotel combined. the for
mcr Of which is the most co,ty playhouse
in Columbus OHIO. and the latter the best
hotel, have been burned. the los, VII! be
complete a performance by Felix Morris
and company was about to open when the
fire was discovered The Park 1heaie',
adjoining the hotel IS Il total loss. Gray
and Stephens were playing there, ana
the audience was got out safely. ihe
Chittcndcn Hotel Company has Il fofh!
loss of Sl30,D00. with $4,000 insurance.
The loss t. Dickson Talbot of lndiinap-
oils. lcssees of the Iicnrict tn and Park
theatcrs, will be from $50. 600 to $4,000
The entire block Of buildings with the "X-
ccptiOn OF the Park theatcr is owned by
Henry 7. Chittenden. whose loss Is so 600,
with about $50. 900 Insurance The Park
Thcatcr building is owned by Il stock com
pany. The loss is about $50. 600
Jesse ID. o. Smith. former merchant
OF kankakee. ILL.,. murdered two women
Friday and aftcrwnrd committed suicide
Smiths divorced wife and Mrs Catherine
Gray bill were the victims. Mrs. Smith
leaves three young children one baby
of but months.
AT Rome IL meeting OF the Italian cabi-
net was held Friday morning. The situa-
ton arising from the reading Thursday in
the Chamber OF Deputies OF the report Of
tho committee appointed to investigate
the bank scandals was most thoroughly
discussed ami the ministers decided that
their usefulness Was at an end. In accord-
ancc with this decision the cabinet ten
dcred Is resignation as Il whole to King
Humbert
The retirement Of Brigadier General
W. {. tarlin. nf the line service. went into
effect Friday. Great interest IS manifest
cd In army circles regarding the appoint
mcnt t. the vacancy The six officers
highest in rank are all colonies Of infun-
try: Shaftcr. Of the First OTIS. OF the
Twentieth; Blunt. OF the Sixteenth:
Swainc, Of the Twenty second; Merriam.
tho Seventh. and Bliss. of the Twenty
fourth.
The warehouse buildings and contents
belonging to the Paddock lIawley Iron
Company. ut St Louis. were destroyed by
fire Thursday morning. The loss to the
Paddock lIa wiley Company is about $780,
900. and Is partly covered by insurance.
The warehouse and contents OF the Ely &
Walker Dry Gods Company, adjoining the
burned warehouse, was damaged by smoke
and water to the extent OF $40. 900 Sew
eral steamboats, anchored near the burn
Ing warehouse we're ignited by falling
sparks. but the flames we're ext.nguiSheI
without serious damage The origin Of the
fire Is unknown.
Mrs. Elizabeth Colby. wife OF Prof.
George Colby Of the University Of Calitor-
mia. reSidin: In ClaremOnt. committed sui
eide by shooting herself through the heart
She had been suffering ut intervals from
insanity since the drowning OF one Of her
children five months ago. aud had at
tempted suicide II number of times
George He'll. Of Darlington, Ohio.
while on his way TO Woodstield to pay his
taAcs VI 500. was attacked by robbers,
VIII, broke one of HI; legs aud both Of his
arms te:orc they ovc.po~ cred hin. and
obtained his money. llcii's condition is
critical
The body of William II. Parvin. aged
IS years. President OF the East!and Texas
National Bank. was found in Il room at Il
Fort Worth hotel With Il bullet hole III tbs.
right temple. He had been dead nearl,
the suicide.
Nearly all the too,hpick mills Of Maine
which have been shut down for several
months. will resume operations. and a biz
winters business Is expected. The supply
of toothpics> held by VIII ,lesale houses
throughout tn, country has reached hard
pan. and as 4 result the orders received
durtu the last two weeks have made Il
lar-cr aggregate than for the prev iou> four
months
The report that the Carnegie Steel
Company. Bethlehem steel Company, Cam
bria iron Company and Lackawannl Iron
aud Steel Company had combined 10 lease
the biz plant at Sparrow's Point. Nd IS
denied by the officials ot the Pennsylvania
Steel Company.
friday morning = fire broke out on the
dock at Fairport. ohio The fire depart
ment at that place was unable to check the
flames and Faiposv lie was appealed t. for
aid. The fire RACED .;ercely In the Goa
docks The Park Hotel. threc-s,orv
structure It Fargo y. II was DESTROYED.
by fire when il was twenty five Gesrees
below
Louis kossuth. the Hungarian patriot.
IS reported 10 be dangerously ii.
Robert Louis Stevenson Is reported :,
be dangerously Ill ut Apia. Samoa He +
suffering from complication II measles
and whoopiug cough.
Alfred Eomher-er. convicted Of muir
d,rin- seven members OF the krieder fam
lily at Cando y. u. has been sentenced L
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