The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-06
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

Dense fog tina. hung over Chicago |
early Monday was responsible for a serious |
wreck tho Chicago and Eastern lliinoi, /,
Railroad "a. 1hirty-seventh street An |
incoming passenger train coiiided with =
Chicago and Erie switch engine and three |
people we're hurt
An Orange. ~ j., trOllcy-car ran
away CO a steep grade and VA. thrown
down an embanknenc fifty feet high.
Thirty persons were hurt ana it is feared
three may Gle.
Fifty persons were precipitated twenty
feet to the ground by the fan of "A bridge
at Fairmcunt Park. Kansas City. Twenty
were seriously injured
Joseph Bis,inyer was drivin. along 1T
Buffalo with IA load OF ammonia. usei for
N aking ice in breweries One az the tanks
continuing the stun exploded with a loud
report hurln. Bissinger twenty feet.
throwing him through the boughs OF a tree
which overriding the stree. He came down
On the opposite side of the street. His
hands and feet were torn off by the eXpl"-
sion and his fight through the tree, He
was instantly killed. No reason for the
explosion is known
DR. Anderson OMaliey. OF New York.
visiting in San Antonio Texas. accident
ally shot his 3-year-old child and then
killed it 10 end its ,aisery.
II hree more mem bers Of the City Coun-
Gil OF New Orleans have been indicted for
soliciting II bride from railroad official
AT Grafton W. Va, Il train on which
we're Senator Palmer and wife was wrecked
by landslide. Engineer and fireman
were killed.
"A desperate tragedy has jusr occurred
In the little Mexican town OF Ojinesa
across the Rio Grande- Nidel Burgess. a
supposed insane man. shot ant, killed Mar
ciso Xmencz. a merchant OF the place. and
seriously. if not fatally. wounded Biblano
XiInenez and IL man named Paujota No
cause Is known for the shooting.
Timothy Graham pronounced
guilt OF the murder of young George
Ryan 1y jury in Judge Smiths court at
Chicago Tuesday morning. and his punish
ment was fixed at fifteen years in the pen
itentiary.
: samuel {. Collins, IA Delaware County
! lind man was arrested last week and
/ taken to Zancsvil!e. OHIO to answer to The
4 charge Of blowing up thrashing machine
engine. owned by W. n Bowers. with dy
namite. has been honorably acquitted. and
has entered suit against Bowers for -, 900
tor false imprisonment
The general merchandise store OF
! Payne & Chappc! at Milan, Mo. was en-
tered by crooks The safe was blown open
and SCI in cash and Il gold watch were
taken.
1t is believed the man who committed
suicide las: Friday at Denver hote! was
Frank Melbourne. the rainmaker
AT New Orleans, Councilman DoudouS-
sat was caught in the act of takin. a bride
from Charles Sherman Wednesday morn
Ing. The amount taken was 500. Charles
Sherman has reen trying for some time to
get an ordinance through the Council, but
it became evident to him that he would be
unable to do unless he was able to
grease the way. The t"o men were about
to part company when Private Detective
O'Malley and Officer Aucoin, who had seen
the whole transaction, having got wind of
the appointment made, stepped up to Dou-
dou-sat and placed him under arrest.
charging him with accepting bride. Dou-
dOussat was taken immediate. Y to the sta
ton and searched. ,he money being found
in his possession. Doudoussat was inGict-
I'D some weeks ago and was to have been
tired Immediately after the Callahan case
ended but the principal witness was out
Of the city on physicians certificate
aud could not appear. and the case went
over DOudoussut has q wife and eight
children
II he new passenger steamer NORTH west
II the Great y Drthern Railroad line strand
I'd at Bar Point Light, on Lake Erie.
Wednesday afternoon. Dense smoke from
forest fires lay on the surface of the water,
completely OOscuring the light ship main
tanned by the government at that danger
GUS point The shock Was terrible.
All the movable objects on the decks. in
Guiding the people which had be N car
ried along at nearly twenty miles an
hour. kept their momentum and were
thrown heavily to the deck. Instantly
panic regned supreme The decks we're
crowded with women who we're wildly
hysterical one moment and the next in Il
dead faint The Northwest IS the larges,
boat on the lakes. and cost nearly twice a,
much as any other on fresh water She
Is Insured for $500. 900. and it is though,
she is not greatly damaged.
/ Charles Beer bower. diamond thief
escaped from the county jail at Wapakon
eta. Ohio The sheriff and posse gave
chase. but failed to catch the fugitive.
William Adams. Il carpenter OF For
Wayne, Ind, jumped from MOVING trair
and was instantly killed lie left IA large
family.
James )oley, an aged resident OF Co.
lumbUs. Ind. slipped and fell before Il To-
connective. was struck. and received in jur!e
that may prove fatal.