The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-29
SHOT THE CASHIER.
MAD ACT OF A CALIFORNIA
DESPERATE.
Dangerous New COunserfcits AfOat-Vir"
ginia Village Wiped Out by Fire-five
Instantly Killed by Exploding Dynamite
do France Found Guilty.
from Far and Near.

from Far and Near.
"A man entered the branch Office OF the
San Francisco, Cal. Savings Union about
10 o'clock Friday morning and presented
check to Assistant Cashier A. Herrick.
After examining the check Mr.. Herr!ck.
having dGu DTS rs to its genuineness. re-
turned 1t. An alteration ensued Dst"een
shs man and cashier. during which the for
Mer drew pistol and fred several shots
In rapid succession, killing Herrick almost
instantly. The porter OF the bank made
an attempt to disarm the murderer. who
Immediately turned his weapon upon him.
bat fortunately the as,assin's uim was
wild and the bullets failed OF their work.
The murderer fed from the bank. pursued
by the police and a crowd which had been
attracted to the scene by the shots. tie
only got a short distance away before be-
ing captured The murderer gave the
name OF Fred Borneman. and tho police
said he arrived from Denver.
The secret service OF tho Treasury De-
partment has discovered that there are
two new counterfeit government bills In
circulation. One is OF the two-dollar treas
ury note and the other Is OF tho one-dollar
silver certificate. This is the first counter
felt ever found OF the two-dollar treasury
note 1t is OF the series 1891. check letter
&C." W. KOsecrans. Register; + H. Neb-
eker, Treasurer; portrait OF Mcpherson.
The one dollar silver certificate counterfeit
Il series 1891 check lstter "a"
The village Of Money Point. a suburb
Of Norfolk, Va, was almost totally de-
stroyed By fire Friday night The fire
broke out in the sheds OF the Roanoke
Lumber Company and ragged fierceiy from
1 to 10 o'clock, destroying the entire plant
Of that company, rs we'll as that OF the
Old Dominion CreOsOting Works The
three masted schooner. Elias Moore. lying
at the lumber company's wharf. was de-
StrOyed. Only SIX houses are left stand
ing in the village. and the loss will foot up
at least $780, 900. The total insurance Is
s2O). 900.
The dynamite works OF the Acme Pow
der Company. at Blacks Run. Pa. u mile
and Il half above Hutton. on tho Allegheny
Valley Railroad. were destroyed by IN
explosion at o'clock Friday morning
Five persons were killed aud one badly
injured. The works were blown to pieces.
and buildings in tho vicinity wrecked.
windows broken. and the people within
mile terrorized OF those killed two were
men and three women 1t is supposed that
u workman entered the building with Il
light. contrary to orders There were
1O.G rounds OF dynamite in the works at
the time OF the explosion. The loss was
$50 The plant will be rebuilt at once.
AT Kalamazoo. Mich. Stonewall J. Dc
France was found guilty OF passing s12.
500 forged draft on tho First National Bank
Of Kalamazoo on Nov. %. 1891. after Il trial
lasting fifteen days Tho case has been
the most interestin. tried there In many
years. The result was not unexpected. ::
dispatch says: in fact. with such an array
OF facts as the prosecution presented II
conviction was inevitable. De Frances
only effort Of defense was his attempt 70
prove an alibi and In this he utterly failed.
1t is feared that thousands OF sheep
persisted In the blizzard in Wyomin-. a
hcrder has been found frozen TO death
Robert McCaulcy and family. Of Brock
lyn. besiegcd three days by :, vaccination
corps, escaped through hole In the wall
Three citizens and two soldiers have
been arrested ut S,n Francisco charged
with stealing govern ment sunpo~der
Probably the largest wheat deal OF the
Northwest involving b 25e, 900 bushels. has
just been closed at Minneapolis
AT Martins Ferry. Ohio. the Bridge
port Glass Works. which make fruit jars
and bottles. have resumed operations after
being closed for ten months Tho blow
ers get SIS week. The company de-
ducts 10 per cent OF the profits to pay for
insurance and hreakace. aud then the
profits are to be divided equally be-
tween the employers and tho employees
Louis Eutsche-. n prominent Parkers-
burg tW Va citizen. insane from ex-
hnustion and grief. shot and killed him.
self ut the bedside OF his dylns mother
,;,{.I
death.
"A deaf mute walking along tho trac,;
Of the Michigan division OF the Big -Four.
near Sodus. Ind. was struck by an engine
and was instantly killed ile was walk
ing directly toward this engine. and paid
No attention To the bell and warning
whistle. No blame attaches to the COM
pany.
Mrs Geor:c McComber. OF Chicago has
been guided by her spirit mother to Indie
pon6ence. Mo. where she located her run
away husband. Just rs tho spir!, told hel
she would. so she says
The Champa Building at Denver was
burned. Loss. $500. 01a.
The Pickering Hosiery Mills at nowcll.
Mass. will close on account OF dull trade.
New York merchants employ ing %. ooC
boys have a,recd not to hire toys who
smoke cigarettes.
Dr. Ne;tleshir. tho oculist. believes an
operation vii. fully restore Mr.. Giadstoue's
normal powers Of eyesight
Thomas W. kinsey. OF Cincinnati. aged
80. brother OF the late Joseph kiusey and q
wcll-known business man. was instantly
killed near his home by \ Mount Auburn
electric car He did not see the car and
could not hear the gong.
Patrick Cash. formerly Chief OF Police
OF Villa M bridge. n. y. who killed James
CIeary durin: fight NJ n special election
in Will;an,shridsc about two years ago.
was acquitted. Cash's plea was selt-de-
Iense
-Concressman Wilson. who has been III
at Torreon. Mex!c',. has arrived at Los An
gcies. where he will remain until he re-
covers strength.
--.IIonest Tom" Tuite. formerly CITY
Treasurer OF Detroit Mich. who en-
bezzled Sis, go OF the city's funds, has