The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-12
FEAR A PESTILENCE.
fostering CARCASSES MENACE
CAiCAGO'S HEALTH.
The City Almost an Armed Camp Boy
Terribly Injured While Playing with
Gunpowder-Fxnous Old Warship Hart
ford to BE Repaired.



hundred Il day. and there i, absolutely no
way OF removing thcm from the city For
days u train load OF these carcAs,es has
stop 4 at 3sth street ON tie Michigan SOUTH
ern tracks. consigned TO tine Panhandle
Road. which Is to carry them to the
esta bishmcnt OF the Union rendering
Company. The carca,so, are fostering la
the sun and the health Of the community
Is seriously threatened. The same is true
In other localities where these carcas'es
are left because the city cannot remove
them. Superintendent schofeld, Of the
Bureau of street and Alley Cleaning. said
the strikers we're ready and anxious to
move thi, train OF dead bodies. but the
railroads viii not move it.
Three men were killed and five wounded
In the rioting At chicago Friday. Two
deputy marshal, are In the list OF the
dead Hundreds OF frei.ht cars. loaded
and empty, were burned in the Panhandle
yards. and rioters threatened To set Ire
to the town of Pullman itself. Hose WAS
cut trains overturned. and engines. dis
abled Mayor Hopkins ca.l,d for troops.
and three regiments from Chicago. and
brigades from Elyin. OTTAWA. Bloomington.
Rockford. streator. Sterling, Ereeport,
Galena and Dixon responded. here are
over 1000 troops In the city. The torch
was applied ia kcnsin.ton and En.le wood.
The Building Trades Council. representa-.
-. 600 men, threatened TO JOIN the strike
William Murphy. son of f. J. Murphy.
OF East It. Louis, Republican candidate
for Congress In tho Twenty frs, ! iinois
District. was horribly injured by u powder
explosion. He went on a picnic to Fall
ing Springs He and some comrades
put quantity Of powder in
can OF mud and attached fuse
a. it. The powder did not cN plode quickly
and Murphy went to see what was the
matter. While he was looking into 1t the
powder exploded with terrific force he
boys nose was torn on. his cheek boue.
broken and his left eye put out and 1t i,
probable that he will lose the sight OF his
sight eye also. IT. Is doubtful II he SUR
wives the accident II he lives he will be
disHgured for LIE and probably be blind.
The loss Of the Kenrsa.c left but one
OF tho famous old wooden vessels OF the
navy. which. under tho law. may be re
tained in seaworthy condition. regardless
Of the cost OF repairs. all other vessels be-
Ing forced from the naval active list when
over 10 per cent. OF their first cost Is re-
Iuired to fit them fer sea service. The
expected vessel ~ Admiral FarraCui's
flagship. this Hartford. Not long ago it
was decided that her engines were
unfit for further use. being TO
dangerous to be depended upon for a
sea vOy age and too Anticipated for repair.
Her muzzlc- loadins guns also were Obso-
lstc. The large sail power of the Hartford
and the fact that her copper bottom
makes 1t unnecessary TO have her put in u
dry dock every six months especially fit
her for duty In the South and Central Pa
cifc Ocean. where coal Is expensive. dry
docks are scarce and few voyage, are less
than .. 600 miles each. The present naval
appropriation bill contains an item OF
$3.50. 900 for IL battery OF modern rifles for
the Hartford ami 500. 900 for her new ma
chinery and boilers
--Bloodhound s have been used extern
tensively In Louisiana OF late in tracking
criminals. and have met with such success
that the Legislature passed Il bill Friday
authorizing the sheriff Of each county to
buy a pack Of b!oodhounds to form part
OF the local police force. the state to pay
for them an, to support them at AL en-
pense OF 81 each month 1t Is claimed
that there is no way OF trackin. criminals
into the swamp except with their use.
-Advic.s from Hayti state that II rcvo-
luton in that country /, I'm minent.
-Ehlc Allen, who "a few weeks ago
killed John II. Clapp in q row over wom-
an. and who was Indicted for manslau. hi er
In the first degree. committed suicide ut
Lake Minnetonka, Mimi.
--Alonzo Bond Wentworth one O. the
best known citizens OF Dedham Mass. and
leading lawyer OF the common wealth.
attempted suicide BY shooting himself in
the head twice. Judge Wentworth repre-
sc tied Cambridge in the LEGISLATURE In
1870 and Dedham in 1854 lie had been
trial Justice and district attorney OF the
southeastern district aud had filed many
loca! Offices
-Loic Brown. i6-year-oli dau.hter OF
e>->electman Isaac L. Brown. one Of the
largest oyster dealers in New Haven. Conn.
has bccH missing since June -. and is be-
loved by her parents to have u en lid
mapped Miss Brown is an eArerd inclv
pretty and stylish girl and had heea re-
ceivinc tho attention OF n youn. man who
did not find favor with the parents 1t
was thought 1T FIRST shat she had commit
ted suicide. but recent Developments dis
pei that theory.
"A young son OF Charles Gillespie. a,
Erazi'. Ind. was fatally crushed under a
large street scraper.
his son. Van Fri,chitt. at the Pritchtt,
country residence. four miles from Nash
willie Tenn. Clark tritchitt was in s;>t IN .
that his wife continue playin, on the
piano She had been playing FOR some
time and was tired out Clark was very
drunh. 1t seems that Clark kept forcing
his wife to play the piano. notwithstaniin.
her WEAKNESS. 1t Is thought Clark rushe
o. his son and that Van drew u pistol and
fred.
-Four hundred men were Killed in ,
battle between Circassian settlers and ,hs
nrUses IN Syria
While boating on the 81. Joe River,
north OF Fort Wayne. Ind. Alder, Kent o,
Lancaster. Ohio. and lnek Golden, o,
Bryan. OHIO we're drowned The bodies
we're found. Both we're ahou. - years
old
Deputy United states Marshal John F.
Smith WAS shot 70 death at Tracy City.
Tenn. by All Hoddy. on whom he was try
ing TO serve II bench warrant Koddy was
then shot and 81 ghf!y wounded BIZ ano. bel