The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-09-28
THE BLAST OF DEATH
FIVE MEN KILLED ET 4 CARE
LESS ACT.
Smith Finally LyncEcd at EGancke-tluirl>
Arrest of Train Rohber>-GirI Nearly
Dead from Eright-l> Ta>cot, Really
Found "a! Last:



Plymouth Pa. mine, i'll which five men
were killed aud sin in jurcd. TWO SEASONS
We're building "A high stone wall at one end
OF tn, l.0cD-r foot ean-way In order To- re-
verse an air current u. NJ. art. VIM. Jones.
two rock contractors. were Superlnten0 in-
the tim bering OF an air SHAFT sixty feet
deep. which was being sunk from the gang
way to workings below. While these men
were 1T work. Assistant Mine Foreman
Lightly descended the main shaft TO in
spcct the works He had u naked lamp in
his cap. and passed along ,hc can-way-
and down an inner Slope Oh his way ;o the
main or cooper ganSway. lie had not en-
tered this more than twenty yards when
his naked lamp ignited the Sa~ and ter
rife explosion occurred. W0rnmtn in the
shaft were struck down by II mass uf rock
and tnloer> shaker, from the sides by the
force o. the blast. Lightly had been fore
man for fifteen years and knew that the
ganSway as full of gas. The officials eX-
press surprise at his entering il with
naked i.ht
The negro Tom Smith. Who was re-
moved from Jail at Roanoke, Va, in order
TO secure his safety from the mob which
attacked the jail for the purpose of lynch
Ing him. was found where the authorities
tried to Secrcte him early Thursday morn
Ing AUD iEncheG. Has body was afterward
taken to the river bank in the western part
OF the city and burned in the presence of
an Infatuated mob O! over one thousand
men,
-Four men. who attempted to rob the
express car on the New Orleans limited
ira in on the Illinois Central Railroad 1T
Centrali;,, Ill. are under arrest. three at
Centralia and one at Udin. The bandits
were beaten off b. the train crew after a
pitched battle. in Which one OF the robbers
was injured SO badly that he may die. and
| three OF the rrainmcn we're shot. their
! wounds being severe but not dangerous.
The attemp, to hold up" the train was de-
! fca,ed and the express company lost no:h-
fnS.
-Emma Holland. the t. year -oid daugh-
! ter OF Levi Holland. near Lyons, n v. is
! lying in critical condition from the ef-
| fectS II fright While laying her wraps on
the bed in her room she touched something
/ cold and ciammy. Instantly an enormous
! snake glided OF the bed. The girl ran into
the adjoining room where her mother was
and fell III couvuiSive Spasin-. Not know
Ing the cause of the child's actions. the
| mother vent into the bedroom. saw the
! reptile and called her husband. who killed
! it. 1t was a Undesirable six feet four
/ inches long Medical aid was summoned,
! but the child's case is deemed hopeless. AS
the spasns are constantly recurring.
-Eev. s X Halliday, pastor OF the Me-
! mortal Church and formerly assistant pas
, tor TO Rev Henry Ward Reechcr. was
stricken with apopleNy in the parlors o.!
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. He is since
| somewhat improved. anu i; Is rroba BILE
| that he will recover
! -Frieda Gendlic. exper. girl burglar. of
Eas'on. Pa has been sent to the House of
Refuge at Philadelphia.
| Oliver T. Shanafclt. sstmaster at
! Queenstown. Ohio. is MISSING. He is heav-
~ in debt.
| Nearly a dozen charred bodies have
! been found in the wake OF the Pawnce
reservation fire.
Asa T. Potter. OF Maverick Bank noco-
ricty. was discharged. the Boston judge
deciding the evidence Insufficient to hold
| him.
j H. Bear crawled half Il mile through
dense weeds TO escape IA Kober,sville. Ohio.
mob He was accused of clipping.
Flour output at Minneapolis. Mimi.
last week was the greatest in the j.: tory
OF the North west.
Only three seamcn were Rescued from
the wreck OF the schooner Wiudermere
! Their sufrer.ngs were terrible
Rains throu: hout the forest fire district
j-y OF the residents.
Jules II. Burwcils tinaErial method
are aid to he Responsible for the failure OF
the Mast Buford firm at 81 Paul
In a bCamy case which was tried at
the Grimm al sessions at Toronto the .J.ld = e
/ expressed Il very pronounced opinion that
an American divorce could not b. accent -.
ed in Canadian courts az binding or dis
solvin: the marriage ties.
Mrs David Dowden. living sIN milc>
southeast OF West Eliza beth. Pa. attempt
ed to light the fire with kerosene. An eN.
plc>ion resulted and Mrs. Dowden ana he,
child were burned to death. The house
aud contents were destroyed.
William s s,reeter. OF the North
western Guaranty Loan Company. who i.
under arrest in Minnea polls placed So. O0C
worth OF stock here and Si5o.UG0 in st
Johnsbury. Vt His own relatives wer.
roped into the scheme. There are man,
widows AMI aged people in that vicinit,
who will lose every thing. They had NJ
warning OF the crash. Jus, before it cam.
Streeter pi: ced more stock with his friend
and relatives, which he assured them wa:
gilt edged.
Bishop Brennan, OF Dallas. Texas. ina.
been made assistant to Bishop Power q
-. Johns. \ f.
-. A detach ment of soldiers from For
Mackinac with d tustoat have gone in pur.
suit 81 4 gang of bold thieves who have
! been operating along the north shore o
/ Lake Michigan from Il Sailhcat tn,
thieves lootei the possofires a. Mack!na,
| Island and ChaYlevoiN.
A tramp. who was declared by hi,
! partner u tie the much sought for Tns.
! cott threw himself in front OF :, train a
Eas;on Nd. and was killed.
Attorney General No.oney OF Illinois
81 an opinion says tina: building associa-
T tionS cannot lend funds 10 other CORPORA
1i0ns
The federal elections repeal bill ha
been reported tn the House ot Represent.