The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-26
VOTED NOT TO LYNCH.
NEGRO CRIMINALS FATE DE-
ClDEO BY BALLOT.
Rival of the ChatswOrth Horror at Battle
Creek-Circus Train In COllisiOn-Cam-
pania Now Queen Of the Ocesn-F1v~
Days Adrift.


Cuba Sumter County, Alabama, the other
night John Cole. young negro. assault
cd q prominent young lady OF Birmingham
He Vas captured and identified. mob
gathered to lynch him. and excitement ran
high rope was brought out and placed
about Coles neck. but an Old deacon al
dressed the crowd and appealed TO then
not to lynch Cole. suggesting THAT vote
be taken the matter The vote was
taken and resulted 81 AGAINST lynchinH
and % for 1t. The mob abided by the de-
cision. and Cole was taken TO jail at L,v-
ingstOn
Thirty persons were roasted I" ooa'"
like imprisoned rats in "a railroad wreck on
the Grand Trunk between the small town o!
Nichols and Battle Greek. Mich. 1T
O'Clock Friday morning Double That NUM-
Der were so h 3rribIy man:led and burned
that the death list will be greatly Increased.
and the hospitals OF Battle Creek are filled
with the I'm jured. Through a disobedi.nce
Of orders the Pacific express. known AS
train No. o, bound for Chicago with thlr-
teen coaches crowded. with visitors TO the
Worlds Fair. collided with the second sec
ton OF ca St bound train No 6. Raymond
aud Whi,cOmb special excursion train
which was loaded with Eastern people re-
turning from the exposition. Nobody was
In jurad in the Raymond special. as tho
train was moving slowly and was composed
mostly OF heavy sleepers. 1t was In the
west bound train that the harvest OF death
was reapeL
A rear-end collision took place near
Clarksburg, W. Va. Friday morning on
the baltimore and Ohio Road between two
sections OF the Barnum L Bailey circus
trains dozen wero hurt, half OF them
seriously and one fatally. All the injured
were sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Bal
timore. Tho train was running In hve
sections The first section. going on
an upgrade. was running ABOUT
three miles an hour when the
second section. being light train.
came around the curve At twenty
five miles an hour and without warning
crashed with terrible force into the rear
end OF the forward section, which was
made up Of cages with four Shoppers In the
The last two cars we're seloscopcd
and the inmates were awakened from their
sleep by being violently hurled TO tho from:
of the cars or pinioncd in their berthS
The Cnmpnuia. from Liverpool. has
broken the record OF her sister ship. the
Lucanin. She made her westward run In
days Is hours and 30 minutes The boSt
record OF tho Lucanin is $ days l3 hours
and - minutes This makes the CAM
pania's time about six minutes the faster
The steamer I.ampasas, o! the Mallory
line. which arrived at Galveston. Texas.
had on board Joseph +. Sornnco and Pedro
Anteguerra, survivors OF the crew OF tho
Spanish vessel Juan JOtamulZa. Captain
jose Linan. from Mobile for Seville The
JOtamulza became waterloyged on Oct 5
and sank till only her forecastle remained
above water. Twelve OF tho crew and
captain we're drowned one by ono ~ they
dropped or the foreca.tle exhausted.
When rescued the survivors had been five
days without food or water.
Eight prisoners Of tho PhpniI. A. T..
Jail. by breaking through the floor. effect
ed an escape Three were recaptured.
The officers are making a hot chase after
tho Others among whom are two horse .
thieves. u forger and a cattle thief. who
was being held to the grand jury.
AT Lampasss. Tex. the Globe hotel. =
sixty room frnme structure owned by J. IL
Gnlbraiih and operated by II. {. Ro.bury.
burned. All the occupants escap ped unin-
tured except Joseph kohler. who was "a
tally burned. Galbrnith's loss on the hotel
N $li, 600. with an insurance ofss. 300. Ros-
bury's loss on furniture Is $1,000: insur-
pareL
An encnmpment OF tho Union Veteran
Legion was organized at Jacksonville. ILL.,
-Jcwelcr Hartman. OF New York. was
found tound and gagged in his store, and
said no had been robbed Of more than
$1,000 worth OF jewelry. The police sus-
pect Mr. liartman's story.
AT Morrison. Colo. Miss Nora Healv
was arrested charged with arson and at
tempted murder by her brother in law
lie claims that Miss Hcaly set his house on
fire and assaulted him with a Ratchet
A particularly cold booded mur,ier oc-
CURED at St Paul William Haenggi. "a
car enter. was the murderer and his wife
the victim. The cause for the terrible
deed is not known. but it is supposed they
had dispute after retiring. and he shot
her. Clothed In - mig htdress she ran to the
house OF "a neishbcr. where she died in
about five minutes Haenggi escaped. but
later gave himself up To the police The
murdered woman WAS the mother OF sixI
teen children. eight OF whom are sill
living
An attemp, WAS made to hold up the
Frisco passenger train near Fort Smith.
Ark. but Il freight which preceded 1t was
stead. Five or six officers were placed on
the following passenger train. but no effort
was made t. hold IL up
AT the close O: conference with Chief
Of Police Crowley. OF San Francisco. relat-
Ing tn the alleged jury bribing in the Cur
Ills case. District Attorney Barnes declared
that arrests and prosecutions would soon
b. made. 1t is reported that Emil Ney. a
politician. recently said that he bribed one
Of the jurors At the last trial at Curtis In
stigation and that the actor wanted him to
try to influence Judge Trout. who tried
tho case Ney now denies having made
such a statement
The New York Presbyterian synod has
dismissed the complaints OF Professor
Briggs
Prisoners with money will not be a.
lowed delicacies hereafter in the Indiana
prison north. The Warden has decided all
shall receive the regulation die, and moth
ing else.