The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-01

FROM Fur and Near.
AT Omaha FIRE was discovered In u cot
faga BY nci2htOrs. who broke into the
house to extinyuish the flame2 In \
closet they found Mrs Fred Eotchch;!ds.
] the owner OF the cottage. lady burned
!. and her clothes consumed She said that
cary In the morning a tramp came out Of
her cellar AND overpowered her He then
saturated her clothes with kerosene. placed
Ter In The closet set her on Ere aud locked
her In. Mrs Ro.chchiids tainted and did
not recover consciousness until after being
discovered by the neiS hbors, Physicians
osiie'e the woman will recover The po-
| lice are OF the opinion that the tramp was
none other than Mrs. Ro,chchilds' husband.
! from whom she has been separated
| London dispatch: Advices from Guate-
naia announce that that Central Amerf-
can republic has suspended payment on
! Its external debt owing to the decline Of
silver The news that Guatemala has sus-
pended payment on her external debt. ow-
| ing to the decline in silver. was received in
| letter addressed to the banking firm o:
MessrS Martin S Co. by the Guatemalan
| minister In Paris Senior +. Cruz The an
| nouncement was posted In Capcl court and
caused great excitemeH in the city and IA
| decline In Guatemalan bonds Guatemala
| external bonds fell from SO to "a. and
! Guatemala internal bonds from 40 to 81.
| -lhe Mexican treasury is considering
| plans for the establishment OF a national
| agricultural bank for the purpose OF loan
| Ing money at reasonable rates to the own
| ers OF large hacicndas to move their crops
| Lewis Wister, one OF two broth who
| owned property wcr,h SIS. Goa. 600, much Of
1t In the heart OF Philadelphia. died in a
| novel In Atlantic City. Both men lived IN
| absolute sGualor. Thcy have no relatives
SO far as known. and when the surviving
| orother dies the property Will probably go
to the State
The Mans eld coal region rioters were
sentenced by Judge Ewing at Pit,sburs.
VI the thirty-fve foreigners convicted
seven were sentenced to Tho peuitentiary
for terms ranging from fifteen months to
| Two years and six months. and twenty
| elshc were sent to the workhouse for
! terms running from two months to one
year
| -Omaha police have uncovered q gang
! or female counterfeiters. and two OF its
| mem bers are under arrest
! Major James l. Mitchell. cx- Mayor OF
indianapolis. died from heart disease, tue
result of grip
The sensation IN Washington society is
| ITO desertion OF Commodore W. X. Mayo
by his :o-year-old wife The Commodore
Is 20 years old and the wedding was
strongly opposed by the friends OF both
| parties
Representative Strait. OF South Caro-
| lima. feels that he he, been ignored by
| Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Max
we'll in the distribution OF fourth -class
pos'ottices. He has written Il letter to Mr..
Maxwell TO tell him that he is Il liar and a
puppy. Gore may flow.
J obituary: At indianapolis. ex-Mayor
James l. Mitchell; Mt New York. Mrs. Mo-
nette Levi. aged los; at Columbus Ohio.
). NJ. Nest"ater. aged IS; at Alliance. o..
Dr. Charles Kay. aged so; at PittsEur,,
Pa. Thomas Barnes. aged -.
The big dry goods store OF Con,on Bros. :.
In the center of the Waterbury, Conn,
business district. Was destroyed. Loss.
$4,000.
! Near Pensacola. Fla the steady rains
during the last ten days have caused a
fre<het in all the streams Tho town Of
] Geneva. Ala. on the hoc;awhatchee river
near the Florida line is moro than half
submerged. and the river is still rising
The flood at that point Is said to be the
greatest since the menora bic food In 1865.
| Mrs Deidrick kensman was found dead
In vacant house ut Kansas City. She
had been murdered and robbed
| Two men fought Il duel with broad
swords in d saloon In O.ange. n. J. One
was cut several times
| 1T is understood in New York tina.
Erastu| Wiman will plead guilty to forgery
and trust to the courts leniency
| --Adjutant General Artz, CT Kansas. is
to be decapitated by Governor Lewcllinc
for alleged crooked work.
| Commander Edwin T. Woodward
United States navy. died at saratoga. n.
\. He was 80 years old. Father John
Bray died ut iho,nasvilIe, Ga He was s..
years old, and was ordained in DuLuoue.
Iowa.
A seven-s'ory building was DESTROYED
at St Louis. The total loss is $3.50 0oU.
with an insurance OF about 5000, oc0
-Eorser Leroy Harris tried to change
hts appearance by shaving with q ricce OF
tin. but m ade bad job.
Rudolph J. Peschmann was found
guilty of the murder OF Mrs schrum. n,
Milwaukee, and will be sentenced Satur-
day.
-Sisnor B:ancheri was elected Presidcn,
OF the Italian Chamber OF Deputies, se-
ceivins .91 votes on the second ballot
East bound rates from Chicago are de-
! mOEaIlZeu recent fe0efaI UrauO Jurv
; | investigations seem to add zest to Pate
| cutting.
President Stoddard. OF the Popu,is,
railroad. says work Will begin at the Texas
end Of the line in two weeks
"A bronze tablet was erected in Balt:-
more to mark the spot where the CONT
mental Congress met In 1876
The Nevada show blocks de is raised.
/ The ret in from ho fov heo Il.
| pulled into Rene. New. at s: 80 Thursds =
| morning. bringing mail and passengers
| Other trains folio wed in an hour.
Alderman WadswCrth hoisted the En-
rlish flag above the American 1T Phila-
| deiphia Residents made him haul down
| the first
-Indi2na's charity board finds abuses
under the law governing county orphans