The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-26
ARE OFF THEIR BEAT.
DEATH COMES FROM NEGLECT
OF DUTY.
Singular Lack Of Reverence Shown In
Paris for Illustr!ous Dead - Terrible
Wreck on the Kail-Chicago Gable Cars
In u Heap.

Two Central Park New York. police |
men and u young blacksmith we're asphyx-
lated by gas in a cottage north OF the park ,
ground some time during Wednesday nt!hI
Ano' her officer Is NJ the hospital dying
The three officers were on patro! duty In
the park l, WAS cold and they evidently
preferred warm nook to their dismal
walk in making me rounds OF the park.
How Furry came ~ be with them is Il mys-
terry. The officers wore missed from their
posts early in the morninS. and search be-
Ing made FOR them by brother officer the
unfortunates were found In the cottage
They had evidently gone to sleep and the
gas escaping from broken pipe overcame
them All we're dead bu, koSnn. who WAS
unconscious The men had shut down the
window to keep out the cold. aud the room
being small they were soon insens!ule.
In the enthusiasm and excitement OF
entertaining her Russian guests France.
and Paris especially. seeMs TO have for
go ten her Illus rious dead. Under ordl-
nary circumstances public funerals. with
tremendous display OF outward Erief.
would have been insisted upon aud oil
Paris would have turnoi out 10 witness the
funeral OF Marshal MacMahon. Duke OF
Magenta. expresident Of France. and that
Of Charles Francis 3ouncd. tho composer
OF Faust" But, with the war spirit dis
tarbing her. two OF her greatest citizens
the soldier statesman, last OF the great
marshals OF France. and the great creator
OF musical masterpieces. have passed
away. No moro forcible illustration OF tho
fickleness OF the French nature could be
afforded than this continued round OF
festivities While MacMahon and Gounod
were lying in state dead at the gates OF
Paris
"A fast mail train on the Illinois Con-
trail crashed into a freight At Otto juno
ton. four miles south OF KAnkskee. Thurs
day midnight. and from seven to ten
people wore killed aud twice that number
hurt
Twelve Of Mr. Yerkes' grip and street
cars were pilod Up in a heap shortly after
ten o'clock gu Thursday nj Fifth avenue
and Washington street. Chicago. and tho
surprising thing about the accidene was
that not one OF the several scores Of pas
sen4er4 mon, women. and children. was
seriously injured. Never before have the
street cars boon piled up in such An indis-
eliminate manner Beyond fow broken
windows In u Division street car. . dam
aged grip. and several platforms and
couplers demolished. the wreck was not a
serious one to the cable company. 1t was
caused BY loose strand In the cable
catching In the grip
One thousand families OF Louisiana arc
arranging to establish Il great colony In the
State OF Colorado
Many children were badly hurt In Il
Washington, H. C.. school panic. Some
person started II cry OF fire.
More than a dozen farmers OF Faulk
County. South Dakota. have lost every
thing by prairie blazes
by ar explosion and subsequent fire in
Spokane. Wash. dye house two persons
were killed and four injured.
several guests were taken out uncon-
Scious By fremcn At blaze In the Hotel
Hamilton. At Toledo Ohio
Flour output OF the North vest again
increased The daily average for the last
week was ::..ss barrels
AT a Cnt~ersaiist cor. vention. Wash
ington. d. C.. new creed wss prepared to
supplant the Winchester Confession.
| Rev. Erland Carlson. one Of tho Oldest
Chicago clergyman. Is dead. He was pas
| tor OF Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
| Gen. Denis f. Burke died At New York
| He commanded an Irish regiment Ia the
| rebellion.
| Lieutenant Fletcher & Bassett L. s
| n. died at his Chicago home from \ liz
ease contracted with the Asiaeic feet in
1871.
| May Marshall pa ced . mile in 2:0s1. at
| Nashville, Tenn, which 10 u new record for
| pacing mares
| Mayor Boody. OF Brooklyn. has de cided
that the Corbett- Mitchell prize fight shall
not take plac. at Coney Island.
Catholic archbishops in sccret meeting
| condemned the prs ctice OF publishing ar
ticles censlring the acts OF church supe-
riOrA
BY grand coronation banquet the
| silver jubilee OF Cardinal Gibbun. was fit
tinxly crowned at Baltimore
| The Paducah. Ky. mayoralty race
developed a sensation. The stand ard con
tanned an editorial reflection upon ex-
Mayor Yeiser. one OF tho candid a, rs.
Yeiser met Proprietor Dilday. OF the Stan
| dard. on the street and. after a fow no,
words, blacked his eye and punched his
head. 1t has caused big sensation and
| trou bic is expected.
-Crafton'. livery stable and the Firs,
Presby terrain Church Mt tprin held. Ill
burned Thursday. Burstin: hose allowed
will exceed 100000 Twenty horse. we're
burned. and it Is believed that a fireman
was buried by failing wallis
Patrick kanaley died At St Joseph.
Hospital syracuse. \. V. having beer
choked with a sponge DR.. r ii. Totmar
and the house physician were anputatins
the mans legs After an ana>thetic had
been administered an attendant was usinc
sponge to remove the mucus from Kama.
ley's throat when It slipped down hi.
windpipe through inhalation.
Obituary: At Boston. Lucy Stone
mrs Henry Blackweln. aged Is: al
Cincinnati Mary Redmond Clark widow o.
the late Bishop w. Clark: at New York
DR.. Samuel ewan. aged IS.
John Thomas Chappell. London build.
er and contractor. failed His Habilitie.
are $1.1oo.o0l
General Manager An:isdelL Of tn.
American Express Company. stated that
the reported loss OF money package or
route from New York to New Orleans f.