The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-21
Told In u Few Words.

Told n u Few NOfuS.
AT Fresno, Cal. the jury in the case OF
the OUTLAW. Chris Evans charged with the
murder of United states Deputy Marshals
Wilson and McGinnis at Simpsons Fiat.
disagreed The judge. however. refused
to discharge the jurors and sent Them
back They returned in half an hour with
u verdict OF guilty OF murder in the first
degree. and fixing the penalty at lie Inn
prisonment
The block at the corner Of Clinton and
Main streets Buffalo, and extending back
to WASHINGTON. known as the Arcade. was
destroyed b; fire Thursday morning, and
Robinson's MuSee Theater and Shea's Con-
cert Hall, the latter the finest between
New York and Chicago. are In ruins / he
fireman OF the building Is missing and. 1t
is supposed. persisted I'm the flames The
fire also destroyed the Yerxa Block ud-
joining, occupied by Faxon, Williams
Faxon. Wholesale grocers. The total loss
is estimated at $3.50. 600. The fire vas
caused by AN explosion OF natural gas
under the boilers. which were nearly in
the center OF the Arcade Building.
Obituary: AT Bedford. Pa .ex-Congress-
man John Cessna aged Il "A: Jackson.
Mich. William D. Thompson. aged s. AT
San Francisco. Charles L. Thorne. the
Mrs Georgia Anne Porter widow OF Adj
miral Porter, aged AT Grand Rapids.
Mich, Elder Francis Gloss. formerly
Methodist missionary. aged sl.-At Nor
walk. Ohio. George ID. Houchton. Road
master of the Lake Shore Road. AT Port
land. Ore. Judge William Townsend. aged
81 AT Dallas, Texas, Judge Alexander
White, aged IS.
The famine at Erzeroum. Armenia.
and in the vicinity OF the city is becoming
more serious Bread Is now selling at
twelve times its usual value Hundreds
| OF the poor are threatened with starvation.
"A committee composed OF members Of
the Liverpool (Encland) Corporation Dock
Board and hallway Board will be appoint-
| ed to inquire into tho effect upon tho COM
merce OF that port CT the opening OF the
Manchester ship canal Lord Mayor Bow
ring has said that the canal will hurt Liv.
! erpool. and that he believes a sacrifice
| ought to he made In the dock rates to pre-
| serve the commerce OF the port.
! Tho Star Wooden Mills at Wabash. Ind !.
| valued at s75, 900, we're burned.
| John Freese. President, and George Il
! Cable, Vice President OF the Perpetual Ma
turity Bond Company. have been arrested
| at Council Bluffs charged with violating
the lottery law.
Comptroller Eckels appointed Edgar
NJ. Westervelt. OF Lincoln. Neb, receiver
of the Citizens National Bank. OF Grand
Island, Neh
| Annie Mitchell, 10 years old, daughter
OF a patent medicine vender. was burned
! to death cooking breakfast at Jefferson
| willie. Ind
John c. Clancy was arrested at La
Junta Colo. for sailing an Eagle County
mine and selling it to Denver tenderfeet
| The National Unicyclc Electric Railway
| Company has been granted an elevated
| road franchise at ST. Louis.
| The Mississippi Confederate veterans
| pension law.
| Thieves succeeded in robbing several
! houses at Muncie, Ind, by representing
themselves officers.
Robbers broke into a jail at Paris. Mo ,
| and stole a large sum of money from a
| drunken prisoner.
George j. Rice. once a railroad man OF
| prominence. is in Jail ut Chattanooga,
| Tenn, charged with forgery.
Black diphtheria is said to have caused
| the death OF two OF Ben Zcrsher's children
| at New Pittsburg, Ohio
| vicar ucucEal MtCID0, OF tine RrOVl.
| dence l. l.. diocese, was found dead IN
bed at the parochial residence. Abbot,
. Fitzpatrick. founder of IA Trappist monas-
, terry at Dubuque. Iowa. died in County
! Wexford, Ireland.
| George II. Painter. sent ,nced to be
hanged Friday at Chicago, WAS respited Ey
Gov. AltgeId until Jan. L..
Cruiser New York was given forty
eigh: hour test at sea Ii proved her ste adj
mess and worth Il lighter
Eight business buildings at Bancroft,
Iowa, were burned. entailins Il loss esti-
mated at $50. ooo; partly insured.
For 1893 the record of roads which
have gone into receivers hands is larger
than that OF any previous year
| Illinois farmers adopted resolutions a,
Springfield asking the Legislature to make
4 2. cent a. mile rate on all railroads
BY direction OF the President Secretary
Carlisle called for twenty four resignation:
in the Treasury service
| Indiana Supreme Court holds resi-
dence property can recover damage.
caused by the presence OF a saloon
Minneapolis, Mimi, mills ground only
14O. es5 barrels OF Hour last week. an aver
age Of 90, 497 day.
"A son OF Farmer Devine found a dia
mond in a glacial drift near Oregon, Wis
! 1t weighs four karatA
Maryland State farmers adopted reso
luton that invisible property be made I,
bear its share Of taxation.
River men say the Mississippi is tn
lowest ever known, and that navig CATION IL
! the stream Is dangerous
FINDING charges true, Attorney Gen
eral Moloney will ask forfeiture of tn,
charter of the Spring Valley Coal Com
pany.
The Equitable Trust Company ha
been appointed receiver OF the Quaker Cit,
Morocco Company at Philadelphia, as q re
suit Of the Stein failure at New York. tn
| assets are over $4,000.
III. l. Duwenick's livery and sale stab
| at California. No. together with eigh