The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-13
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

The house on the Joseph Cross farm
near Gagetown, Mich, wa, struck hy
lightning Wednesday and consumed.
Five persons were burned 10 death, Five
Others escaped One, Miss Roberts. is
probably fatally hurt The dead are: Mr.
Bahcock. wife and child. Of Silverwood
Mr.. Frost Of Fostoria, and the fve-year-
old son OF Mr.. Roberts, the ten ant
steamer Ira II. Owen struck a rock in
passing through the 500" and was sunk.
The cargo is ore.
Charges OF lnhumanity 70 prisoner
are brought against Superintendent Brock
way OF the Elmtra, n. V, reformatory.
Attempt was made TO blow up a lodg ing-
house a, Tonawanda with dynamite. The
fuse failed to work.
odd Mother Hubbard" "A thief for
fifty years. is In the hands Of the Detroit
police.
A yacht containing twenty people.
many OF them children. ,ummerins at Lit
tie Silver. \. j., Capszed IN u s1uall.
Harry L. Powers. OF New York, was pass
ing In a boat and he rescued twenty Of the
party with great difficulty. He d1ved I'M
der the sail and rescued Bessie st John.
aged years, and pulled her brother, aged
10 years. from under the boat just as the
lad was sinking for the last time The
other five were picked NJ by a naph1ba
launch. P,wer. will be presented with u
gold medal for his heroisrm
sunday, at Nolan. W. Va. Andrew
Farmer shot and killed Wallace Deskin> in
Il drunken row. posse pursued Farmer
to Wolf Creek, where he was overtaken
Monday night and surrounded In the at
tempt to arrest Farmer George ncskinS
tn .,l,.>
him and fatally wounded. He is still at
lar-e
Reports which are indefinite because Il
the stoppa-e Of Geographic con,nun!ca-
ton state that the town OF PomerOy. Iowa,
was literally swept out Of existence Thurs
day BY cyclone, leaving not d building
standing. killing between fifty and enc
hundred people. and injuring 200. 1t is
believed that Fonda and Manson also
suffered. The storm swept over Chero-
kee, Buena Vista, Ida. Sac, and
Poca hontas Counties, and throughout the
entire territory devastated come reports of
appalling losses Of life and property. 1t is
believed the fatalities in the country will
equal in number those In the towns. and in
the villages OF Fonda, Alta. and Qu!nby
1t Is known that over twenty persisted.
Many injured at Cherokee. fierce
haiistorm occurred in localities. Several
lives are reported lost IN the vicinity Of
LAkefeld and Tyler Mimi.
during terrible storm that passed
over Kingston. n. v, about eight O'Clock
on Wednesday night, Vandusen Brothers
powder magazine at Devils Lake. Il small
settlement on the outskirts Of the city. was
struck by lightning and completely demol-
ished There were about fifty-fve kegs of
powder in the magazine, and the explosion
blew the brick structure to atoms. de-
stroyed several buildings near by, and in
jured nine persons. two Of them men and
the other seven women and children.
AT Tarpon Springs Fla, City Marshal
Whitehurst was shot and killed by Bird
Stevenson. OF Saplingwoods Village. while
the officer was trying to arrest a disorcerly
sponge fisherman. Whitehurst returned
Stevenson's fire after he was wounded, and
with such effect that Stevenson will proba
bly, die. Whitehurst died almost instantly
after firing ut his murderer
David Lavender has been arrested fer
the murder of X. II. Reed at Chattanooga
He has confessed
"A cyclone struck Lakefeld. Mimi.
about Q: 80 Wednesday night. doing consd-
cradle damage to buildings The 5. y.
Hyde Warehouse Is down. and the Steeple
OF the Methodist Church Is gone A large
number Of barns were destroyed. Several
lives are reported to have been lost in the
country near by. but nothing definite has
yet been learned. a Grafton. n. D., spe-
cial says: "A strip OF two miles wide and
many miles long was completely destroyed
by hail. Some OF the farmers are insured
at $40 per acre y
nrtf Of L.
County. West Virginia.. wh., disappeared
from his home in Wellsburg is said to he
short in his accounts about $40 600. He left
home Monday afternoon. telling his friends
that he was going to GAINESVILLE, Ohio. and
has no, been seen since. His bond does
not cover his liabilities.