The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-20

From ar and Near.
"A terrible accident. resulting in the
death OF two persons and tho fatal or
serious injury OF several others. occurred
Sunday night at picnic given by an
Itulinn Organization ut Gp,h and Wood
streets. Chicago Tho bursting OF n NOR
tar during display Of fireworks was the
deadly cause Several other, were slightly
injured by piece, OF the exploded mortar
or wore trnInplcd Hnd bruised by the ter
rieed crowds In their efforts to escape.
The h-dcHlinS mortar WAS OF the KIND
usually used In tho hurting of pyrotechn!c
bombs which explode In the air. 1t was
nude OF wrought iron and strengthened
with steel bands 1t vas about 80 feet
long, b Inches In diameter, and weighed
200 pounds Rockets and other fireworks
had been discharged and the crowd gath
cred around the SPOT where the display
was being given. a bomb OF extra force
was placed in the inor;ur. aud through
some accident or characterization it pre-
Maturcly exploded, bursting the mortar
into II thousand fragments and scattering
the deadly pieces in all directions.
Flags dropped at hnlf-mnst sunday at
jackson Park. Above white domes and
gilded spires the gay banDers OF twenty
hation, hung listlcssly about their STATS
over he serene, triumphant beauty OF the
city lay "A sou'ber pail. INSIDE the vide
gates OF the main entrance at sixty
fourth street stood Il black. sodden
heap OF embers. Silently, solennly, It
told story which came near to
the heart OF each one who entered. Even
outside the walls the spell had fallen.
Blatant, shriil- voiced men crying their
shOddy wares bad lost something OF their
usual vfgOr. Their cries were less ~ibi!ant,
their opportunities less insistent 1t was
Heroes day, and the last open sunday OF
the Worlds Fair. Brave men who lad
met awful death in the line OF duty had
been laid to rest To their memory
the day was sa:red For the relief
and support OF those left behind the peo-
pie met Tho day was extremely warm up
to noon. when u drcnching rain fell. and
thon the sun shone with intense heat. Be-
cause OF the unfa or able conditions the
crowd was not as large as was expected.
but 1t Is believed the amount realized for
the families OF the dead fremen from the
Worlds Fair will exceed $4,000.
w. ". Sanders. a young mechanical
genius residing ut Beloit, Ohio. proposes to
60 to the Worlds Fair In IA wagon that Is
~ be propelled by steam The wagon
complete will weigh about seven hundred
pounds. and Sanders says he will be able
to travel twenty miles an hour on good
roads
p. J. Gala cher confesses that he was
paid to swear that Hugh Dempse poisoned
nOnuniOn men ut Homestead
II g. Dun i Co. - Weekly Review Of
Trade says:
There is Il somewhat bette- tone In bus-
ness because money markets are n little
1Aas r n I'm 4 "a no fl a vsaf
that there Is any distinct Improvement
In every direction unu suul conservatism
prevails. orders are relatively small. the
volume OF business il restricted. and u
waiting policy rules
There is Z, DOM at Slatington. Pa, be-
cause OF the discharge o! about two hun
dred men employed by the Reading Rail-
road on its Pennsylvania. Poughkeepsle
and Boston branch. The men were paid
on and many OF them are leaving for other
points. The Reading has given up It's lease
OF the branch road.
-Ruleigh. n. G.. dispatch: A letter to a
prominent state official says that De-
Lewis. health officer OF Northampton Coun-
ty, reports the existence there OF disease
resembling cholera. Persons attacked die
In six or seven hours There have been
twelve deaths. The disease is being Of
fcially investigated.
Three German anarchists named Null
Ter, Pueckcrt and Erb have been cxpelle.
from Switzerland by order of the Govern
ment.
At Guthrie o. T. u young cowboy
named Rurdess while drunk became rnixcd
up in a fight with three negroes Trio ne
srocs pounded Burdcss to death The
murdcrers were jailed aud the excttemen,
l.
make IL triple lynchin-.
Railroad agents have found hundreds
OF return tickets to New York In the han Is
Of scalperS in Chicago
The statement Of the condition nf ma.
ttonal banks shows a startling dcclne IN
deposits
-Comptroller Eckels has authorized su,
pended banks at Los Angeles. Ashland.
Ey., and Provo. Utah. To resume business
milwaukee, merchants have memorial
tied their representatives IN Congress L
repeal the sherman law with all possible
haste.
business men in Colorado favor hoy
cutting the East aud divertins trade en-
ioyed 10y New York TO New Orleans
-Four members OF the P!,tshurS Cen.
1ury Club broke the record t. Chicago. av.
erasins IL. miles day Tor five days
Eddie brakes. assistant cashier OF III.
Toledo Savings Bank. WAS drowned in tn,
Iowa River. near Long Point. while IFS lin :
two men while t-ht!n- at Pelhaulv!lie
n j. we're run down by an express tra:,
aud both we're killed
The body Of Vim Shepard, notorious
bandit OF Arb Kansas. was found in the AT
kansas River at Little Rock.
Two robbers escaping from. officers "A
Wessfeld. Pa. jumped down eIuoank
ment on bed Of rocks and were killed
Owing to the troubles in Paris. til,
usual celebration Of the fall az the Ha>:il
dwtndled TO \ tame affair.
William Cook. Of Penn herville. Ohio
who brutality assaulted his chiidren, mar
rowly escaped lyuchin-. His eldest So
will die.
Beconlu. unUauaEeab:e. the iron shi
Wauderer did onsiderahie damage I
property at Philadelphia. before being Sc
cured.
Chicago has t:iEen Bostor'> place II tn
last six months aud : how second in ban